", Vince Gilligan's new sci-fi series on Apple TV, has already gained a massive following with just its first two episodes. So far, we've met Carol Sturka, disillusioned romantasy author, as she witnesses the end of the human race as we know it. After she sees everyone around her either perish or get absorbed into an otherworldly hive mind, Carol swears she'll never become one of them. She's dead set on saving the world, even if she has to do it herself."
"In Pluribus Episode 3, Carol returns to Albuquerque after her less-than-stellar meeting with the other English-speaking survivors of the Joining. She tries to settle into a routine, but finds herself increasingly frustrated by the hive mind's control over her life. They turn off all the power outside of her cul-de-sac, and when she tries to go grocery shopping, her local Sprouts is completely emptied. But it just takes one phone call for hordes of people to come pouring in, restocking it completely."
"It's then that Carol realizes that the hive mind would give her whatever she wanted, even if it's something that could help her in her quest to destroy them. She accidentally learns the extent of this when Zosia shows up on her doorstep with the grenade she jokingly requested. In a conversation about the hive mind's quest to bring Carol into the fold, Zosia describes it as instinctively throwing a life preserver to someone drowning."
Carol Sturka, a disillusioned romantasy author, witnesses the human race either perish or be absorbed into an otherworldly hive mind and vows never to join. Carol returns to Albuquerque and attempts to resume a routine but encounters the hive mind's intrusive control, including power outages and emptied grocery stores that are instantly restocked. Carol realizes the hive mind will provide anything she wants, even tools that could aid her resistance. Zosia delivers a jokingly requested grenade and describes the hive mind's behavior as instinctively throwing a life preserver to someone drowning. The dynamic reframes assimilation as an insistence on saving Carol from personhood.
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